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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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A groove-driven force out of Capon Bridge, Virginia, F.E.A.R. merges the heavy, riff-locked churn of groove metal with the aggressive vocal attack of metalcore, carving out their sound since 2014.
F.O.B. is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Tábor, Czech Republic, formed in 2015, drawing inspiration from Immolation, Darkest Hour, and Morbid Angel. Their extensive catalog includes their long-awaited seventh album "Outside the Palace Walls" (2022), featuring aggressive and melodic vocals over crushing riffs.
Out of Mystic, Connecticut, this Face First blends thrash, groove metal, and metalcore into a hybrid sound that's been evolving since 2017, keeping a coastal New England edge to its aggression.
Milwaukee's Face of Ruin began in 2011 blending progressive death metal with metalcore, gradually tightening their sound into something more direct and deadly without losing the compositional ambition.
Face the Wind is a metalcore band from Kharkiv, Ukraine, formed in 2020. They deliver modern metalcore from Ukraine's second city, which has faced sustained bombardment since the full-scale invasion of 2022.
Faced Out is a metalcore/hardcore band from Vigo, Spain, formed in 2020. The band channels aggressive metalcore and hardcore from the Galician Atlantic port city.
Orlando's Faces of Many have been building their brand of metalcore since 2018, a Florida act carving out space in one of the state's most competitive metal markets.
FaceYourFears is a groove metal and metalcore band from Campobasso in southern Italy's Molise region, active since 2020. The project blends heavy grooves with metalcore intensity from one of Italy's least populated regions.
Faint Solace is a metalcore band from Naaldwijk in the Netherlands, formed in 2023. They represent the newest generation of Dutch metalcore, bringing heavy breakdowns and melodic interplay from the Westland greenhouse region of South Holland.
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